Integration Discussions and Vendor Strategies

Over the past few months I've been focussed on the "API -Economy". It's become clear to me that API's have several business drivers - and they're not all just about directly making money. Regulators are now playing an increasing part in the spread of APIs. In this blog I'll try to capture the three main influencers in the API economy and how you may see their affects . I'll focus in on the regulators role as it's not often discussed.

At an event the other day I presented a brief synopsis on what are generally regarded as the main ways to version your API and label the versions clearly. This led to an interesting conversation afterwards so I thought it would be good to share what we discussed in case you find it interesting too ! I've broken this down into three sections. The problem statement; the four ways to label versions and some best practices.